Schlafly argued that equality would be a step down for most women, who are “extremely well-treated” by society and the law. According to her official Facebook page, she is survived by her six children, 16 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Schlafly’s power didn’t come from a top-down enforced sociological contrivance, but rather from the strength of her convictions.
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“Her focus from her earliest days until her final ones was protecting the family, which she understood as the building block of life”, read the statement. She also authored almost two dozen books and wrote a syndicated weekly column. Eagle Forums, First Vice President Eunie Smith, saying in a press release, Schlafly died September 5, 2016 after a long illness.
In January, Schlafly gave her support to presidential nominee Donald Trump in an interview with Breitbart.
In her time, Mrs. Schlafly was one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife who displayed a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation. She spoke tens of thousands of times across the United States. “We will keep Phyllis’ family, friends and loved ones in our prayers”.
In a statement, the group’s vice president called Schlafly the “sweetheart of the silent majority”. With so many activities and conservating ways of work, she was an inspiration. Throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century, Schlafly was involved in conservative politics. She fought the good fight and wasn’t afraid of a tough fight. “Thank you, Phyllis. We will not grow tired”. (Phyllis called articles about his sexuality “a deliberate strike at me.”) He worked for his mother and insisted “the family-values movement is not anti-gay”.
“A Choice Not an Echo”, her self-published book that sold three million copies, became a manifesto for the pro-life right chronicled the history of the Republican National Convention.
“She was brilliant, tough, tenacious, and driven by absolute adherence to principle and not to personalities”, he wrote in a statement on social media Monday night.
Schlafly was one of the chief architects of the modern conservative movement in the 1960s, along with Ronald Reagan and National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr.
The legendary Phyllis Schlafly has died after a career of activism helping to craft the most conservative wing of the Republican Party with her firm opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, said: “Phyllis Schlafly lived a courageous and important life”.
